He opened the regional directory, switched the filter from "Local" to "National," and started browsing through listings of the major cities across the country.
He remembered learning about them in school—how, after the apocalypse, all of humanity came together to rebuild. Not as separate nations, but as one united force.
Over decades, they rebuilt—starting from a single stable core and expanding outward. That core eventually became the Central Region, home to the largest, most advanced cities.
Now, four other major regions surrounded it Eastern, Western, Northeastern, and Southeastern—each still recovering, still only partially tamed. Most border towns and low-level settlements sat within these outer regions, managing their own survival as best they could.
